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[Webby the Bear]

G'day fellas.

Well, I got a track day for Christmas. And it was al booked for today.

The car was a Ferrari 430 and it was at the Kenilworth ''Prodrive'' track.....

http://www.trackdays.co.uk/tracks/kenilworth.htm

I'm struggling to put in to words what this car was like to drive. other than the speed was utterly intoxicating and addictive. the guy who was tutoring me was awesome. he got me to get the most out of the car mainly teaching me how to take the corners fast. but forget the corners..... that big straight when you plant your foot............... oh....my....god. i'm not a fast driver on the road but I went for it today. biggest smile on my face ever. only problem is I need a track. and I need the Ferrari.

[Entwood]

Nice one 

That Kenilworth track is fun to drive, enough straights to get some speed, but plenty of corners so you can actually "drive" the car rather than "aim" it ..

Drove the Aston Martin there .. pictures somewhere on the old site I believe ..

[Webby the Bear]

Nice one 

That Kenilworth track is fun to drive, enough straights to get some speed, but plenty of corners so you can actually "drive" the car rather than "aim" it ..

Drove the Aston Martin there .. pictures somewhere on the old site I believe ..

nice one mate. what was the acceleration like in the aston? I a.) stupidly forgot to look at the speedo and b.) stupidly forgot to ask what speed I got up to... although I took it as fast as the car would go with foot planted  any idea what the top speed you can get up to on the track bearing in mind it seemed quite small (im not used to track driving)

we got a high speed lap with a ''pro'' as well. went in a monaro and he was drifting  I found myself asking him to go faster 

my mam wants to do the aston. theyre gorgeous 

[cem_devecioglu]

Nice one Webby.. but after that every car you drive will be slow

[Webby the Bear]

Nice one Webby.. but after that every car you drive will be slow

very much so cem. now just trying to put a business plan together to get a private track and a selection of supercars 

[Entwood]

I never looked at the speedo once !!! Too busy enjoying the drive and trying to get the best out of it!! Instructor said I did well once I realised just how good the brakes were and how late (and hard) you could brake !! He said I hit 135 mph on the second to last run when I got it all together big time ... didn't stop smiling for a month ..

[Webby the Bear]

I never looked at the speedo once !!! Too busy enjoying the drive and trying to get the best out of it!! Instructor said I did well once I realised just how good the brakes were and how late (and hard) you could brake !! He said I hit 135 mph on the second to last run when I got it all together big time ... didn't stop smiling for a month ..

couldn't agree more!!! haha re the brakes.... by the second lap I wanted to test them... ended up standing on them.... but god they were good 

did you get a score? he gave me 37 out of 40 whatever you read in to that 

[Webby the Bear]

A couple of pics of my stepson in the Lambo..... I didn't waste any time in telling him that I hated the look of it  (in fairness I think its more to do with it being a rag top..... the hard top looks a lot sexier 

[cam2502]

Got my mrs a track day for her birthday, she drove the Aston and Lamborghini. Loved it. She preferred the Aston though. Must try it myself one day

[Webby the Bear]

Got my mrs a track day for her birthday, she drove the Aston and Lamborghini. Loved it. She preferred the Aston though. Must try it myself one day

thing is I didn't know what to expect as im a slow driver on the road. but the guy tells you exactly how to drive like a pro 

here's a vid (not me) of someone on the exact same track, clocking up 186mph 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkcOfGAwuQY

[YZ250]

Nice one Webby, glad you enjoyed it. 

I did the Ferrari track day last year. I was determined to have it flat out, which I did, but if I'm totally honest I was not as quick through the bends as I would have liked on the first couple of laps. By the time I had got used to the car and brakes I was doing quite well but by that time it was time to come in. 
Although you get up to around 140mph, that's not really the issue, as I have driven much faster in my other cars. It's a Ferrari, Aston or whatever, so it's an experience. 

I still have mixed feelings about my track day. It's a lot of money for a short experience but still kind of fun. 

[Webby the Bear]

Nice one Webby, glad you enjoyed it. 

I did the Ferrari track day last year. I was determined to have it flat out, which I did, but if I'm totally honest I was not as quick through the bends as I would have liked on the first couple of laps. By the time I had got used to the car and brakes I was doing quite well but by that time it was time to come in. 
Although you get up to around 140mph, that's not really the issue, as I have driven much faster in my other cars. It's a Ferrari, Aston or whatever, so it's an experience. 

I still have mixed feelings about my track day. It's a lot of money for a short experience but still kind of fun. 

Cheers mate 

to be honest for me it wasn't about the corners or the speed I got up to. what I enjoyed the most was way in which it got to the top speed (that I got to)....when I floored it..... the noise. the acceleration. unbelievable 

theres loadsa different ways you can book it. my mrs paid £56 for me on Groupon and for that I got a ''demo'' lap to show us the track which was quite fast in itself..... then the 5 or 6 laps of me driving the Ferrari....... then 2 laps of the pro driving with me in the passenger seat in the VXR8 Monaro thingy .... he was farkin' mental 
and then finally got an off road experience. that was....errr....shite  2mph through some water. very crap. but it didn't matter I was still thinking about my Ferrari 

just one last word on the price......apparently if you go directly through Everyman Racing you can get it cheaper 

[YZ250]

Nice one Webby, glad you enjoyed it. 

I did the Ferrari track day last year. I was determined to have it flat out, which I did, but if I'm totally honest I was not as quick through the bends as I would have liked on the first couple of laps. By the time I had got used to the car and brakes I was doing quite well but by that time it was time to come in. 
Although you get up to around 140mph, that's not really the issue, as I have driven much faster in my other cars. It's a Ferrari, Aston or whatever, so it's an experience. 

I still have mixed feelings about my track day. It's a lot of money for a short experience but still kind of fun. 

Cheers mate 

to be honest for me it wasn't about the corners or the speed I got up to. what I enjoyed the most was way in which it got to the top speed (that I got to)....when I floored it..... the noise. the acceleration. unbelievable 

theres loadsa different ways you can book it. my mrs paid £56 for me on Groupon and for that I got a ''demo'' lap to show us the track which was quite fast in itself..... then the 5 or 6 laps of me driving the Ferrari....... then 2 laps of the pro driving with me in the passenger seat in the VXR8 Monaro thingy .... he was farkin' mental 
and then finally got an off road experience. that was....errr....shite  2mph through some water. very crap. but it didn't matter I was still thinking about my Ferrari 

just one last word on the price......apparently if you go directly through Everyman Racing you can get it cheaper 

Sounds a good price.  My kids got me the Silverstone one and it cost nearly twice that for just three laps. 

[dazzerM]

Nice one Webby, glad you enjoyed it. 

I did the Ferrari track day last year. I was determined to have it flat out, which I did, but if I'm totally honest I was not as quick through the bends as I would have liked on the first couple of laps. By the time I had got used to the car and brakes I was doing quite well but by that time it was time to come in. 
Although you get up to around 140mph, that's not really the issue, as I have driven much faster in my other cars. It's a Ferrari, Aston or whatever, so it's an experience. 

I still have mixed feelings about my track day. It's a lot of money for a short experience but still kind of fun. 

Cheers mate 

to be honest for me it wasn't about the corners or the speed I got up to. what I enjoyed the most was way in which it got to the top speed (that I got to)....when I floored it..... the noise. the acceleration. unbelievable 

theres loadsa different ways you can book it. my mrs paid £56 for me on Groupon and for that I got a ''demo'' lap to show us the track which was quite fast in itself..... then the 5 or 6 laps of me driving the Ferrari....... then 2 laps of the pro driving with me in the passenger seat in the VXR8 Monaro thingy .... he was farkin' mental 
and then finally got an off road experience. that was....errr....shite  2mph through some water. very crap. but it didn't matter I was still thinking about my Ferrari 

just one last word on the price......apparently if you go directly through Everyman Racing you can get it cheaper 

Sounds a good price.  My kids got me the Silverstone one and it cost nearly twice that for just three laps. 

It does sound like a good price 

Out if interest how much drive time did you get out of the 5-6 laps ?

Just to make you feel even better my misses got me a pen for Xmas 

[tunnie]

Sounds like a very good price! Would have only expected one lap for that money